The La Capital Department (in
Spanish, ''Departamento La Capital'', ) is an administrative subdivision (''
departamento A ' () is a country subdivision in several Latin American
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'') of the
province
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of
Santa Fe,
Argentina
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. It is located in the center-east of the province. It limits with the
Paraná River
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in the east; and from there (going clockwise) with the departments of
San Jerónimo (south),
Las Colonias (west),
San Justo (north) and
Garay (northeast).
The department has about 490,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populated in the province after the
Rosario Department. Its head town is
Santa Fe, which is also the provincial capital (population 370,000). Other cities and towns are
Arroyo Aguiar,
Arroyo Leyes,
Cabal
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,
Campo Andino,
Emilia,
Gobernador Candioti,
Laguna Paiva,
Llambi Campbell,
Monte Vera,
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,
Recreo,
San José del Rincón,
Santo Tomé, and
Sauce Viejo.
References
Inforama- Municipalities of the La Capital Department.
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Departments of Santa Fe Province